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i use it a lot. you get points. >> bill: nicole, you covered the justice department and those kind of issues there at think progress. and i mentioned again, igor volsky is usually hear from think progress. deputy editor every tuesday morning. he is on his honeymoon this week and judd legum has been in many times, your boss. he's off on vacation this week. glad you're there. because we want to talk to you. eric holder's comment -- his proposal yesterday was fairly significant. really is a major change in particularly federal prosecution and again, we're talking about mainly nonviolent drug crimes, right? what was he recommending and what would the changes be? >> so, what's so significant about this announcement is that eric holder is in a position to use the power of prosecutors in a way they haven't done before. what he really started out talking about was this serious problem we have of overincarcerating people. as he pointed out, we have 5% of the world's population. almost 25% of the prisoners, it
i use it a lot. you get points. >> bill: nicole, you covered the justice department and those kind of issues there at think progress. and i mentioned again, igor volsky is usually hear from think progress. deputy editor every tuesday morning. he is on his honeymoon this week and judd legum has been in many times, your boss. he's off on vacation this week. glad you're there. because we want to talk to you. eric holder's comment -- his proposal yesterday was fairly significant. really is a...
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follow us at bpshow, and tweet using the hashtag, watching bp. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: here we go, talking about edward snowden's comments on the american media. pretty critical on the main stream media, if you will. by the way we mentioned at the top of the hour, cory booker winning the primary in new jersey yesterday. and bill deblazeo is now leading the back for the mayor of new york city over christine quinn, and bill thompson, and anthony weiner, who has fallin to fourth place. see, the boost from the "bill press show" has put him on top. christine quinn was invited to come on the show. she declined. she will change her mind after seeing that poll. >> edward snowden saying that the united states media is not doing his job. hairy pop says i remember what was done to helen thomas by her peers. she would well-known for asking really tough questions. >> bill: yeah, she was booed and put in the back row, and they raised so much hell they put her back in the front row. >> and edward snowden could have gone to outlets including you,
follow us at bpshow, and tweet using the hashtag, watching bp. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: here we go, talking about edward snowden's comments on the american media. pretty critical on the main stream media, if you will. by the way we mentioned at the top of the hour, cory booker winning the primary in new jersey yesterday. and bill deblazeo is now leading the back for the mayor of new york city over christine quinn, and bill thompson, and anthony weiner, who has...
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give us a call at 1-866-55-press. your comments, your questions. give us a holler. we'll be right back. >> follow us on twitter @bp show. this is the bill press show. [ ♪ music ] [ ♪ music ] [ ♪ music ] >> bill: here we go. 26 minutes after the hour, karl frisch here. dan comments on we are on social media at facebook.com/bull pres/billpress show. and its commented, it's shaping up to be another clown card when referring to donald trump, and next time weiner has a sexting scandal he has to enter the same therapy as the san diego mayor. >> bill: oh, god. >> there is a difference between what weiner did and what philner is doing. he's probably doing something wrong and inappropriate. that's the different was that weiner was consensual. >> bill: i want to get back to the clown car because the driver of the clown car was in iowa over the weekend, and here's why he said it's important that he be the next president of the united states. >> i think a great company in a relatively short period of time. for this country to really remain, and i can't use the word owe re
give us a call at 1-866-55-press. your comments, your questions. give us a holler. we'll be right back. >> follow us on twitter @bp show. this is the bill press show. [ ♪ music ] [ ♪ music ] [ ♪ music ] >> bill: here we go. 26 minutes after the hour, karl frisch here. dan comments on we are on social media at facebook.com/bull pres/billpress show. and its commented, it's shaping up to be another clown card when referring to donald trump, and next time weiner has a sexting...
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follow us at bpshow and tweet using the hashtag watching bp. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all right. 33 minutes after the hour now here on the "full court press" on a friday morning. we're coming to you live from our nation's capital and we're brought to you today by the american federation of teachers. you bet, the good men and women of the aft under president randi weingarten making a difference in america's classrooms every day. you can find out more about their good work at aft.org. edward snowden out of the airport. we'll move on to that and a couple more comments about smoking here. but first, something very important to consider. if you think about it, what if you were in an accident and you were knocked unconscious, paramedics arrive and they can't get any information out of you because you cannot communicate with them. that could make the difference between life and death. one way to prepare yourself for such an emergency is emergency link i.d. it is a small tag you attach to your key ring or put in your wallet or purse that
follow us at bpshow and tweet using the hashtag watching bp. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all right. 33 minutes after the hour now here on the "full court press" on a friday morning. we're coming to you live from our nation's capital and we're brought to you today by the american federation of teachers. you bet, the good men and women of the aft under president randi weingarten making a difference in america's classrooms every day. you can find out more...
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follow us at bpshow and tweet using the hashtag watching bp. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: here we go. 33 minutes after the hour on a thursday, august 1. it is the "full court press." we're coming to you live from our nation's capital and our studio on capitol hill here in washington, d.c. hope you're having a good day wherever you happen to be. rainy day here in our nation's capital. we're brought to you today by ullico, incorporated. under president ed smith. proudly serving the union workplace for more than 85 years now, providing specialty insurance, risk solutions, investment products and services and more to find out all that they provide, the great unions of this country, visit ullico.com. those of you, regulars here on the program know that usually on a monday morning at 6:45 -- i should say 45 minutes after the hour of our first hour, wherever you happen to be, we check in with the hotline and its editor-in-chief, reid wilson. he is moving on to "the washington post" and stepping up as editor-in-chief with the hotline, josh w
follow us at bpshow and tweet using the hashtag watching bp. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: here we go. 33 minutes after the hour on a thursday, august 1. it is the "full court press." we're coming to you live from our nation's capital and our studio on capitol hill here in washington, d.c. hope you're having a good day wherever you happen to be. rainy day here in our nation's capital. we're brought to you today by ullico, incorporated. under president ed...
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follow us at bpshow and tweet using the hashtag watching bp. this is the "bill press show." date, staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. cenk off air>>> alright in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of the spending cuts and all the different programs that wind up hurting the middle class. cenk on air>>> you got to go to the local level, the state level and we have to fight hard to make sure they can't buy our politics anymore. cenk off air>>> and they can questio
follow us at bpshow and tweet using the hashtag watching bp. this is the "bill press show." date, staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. cenk off air>>> alright in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them...
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follow us on bpshow and tweet using the hashtag watching bp. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all right. we got it. 33 minutes after the hour now. happy thursday, august 8th. as we do a little quick hopscotch over to the big stories of the day and take time out to take your comments by phone at 1-866-55-press. and we'll get back to the news of the day. first, here's something i urge you to consider and that is emergency link.com. emergencylink i.d. to put it in perspective, if you think about the horrible possibility, you're in an accident, knocked unconscious, paramedic teams arrive and there's nothing -- emt arrives and nothing they can do. they can certainly help you out but they can't communicate with you and find out all of the important information they may need to know. the way to protect yourself against that possibility is emergency link i.d. it is a small i.d. tag that you attach to your key ring or put in your wallet or your purse that will tell emergency responders once they see it, everything they may need to know, including
follow us on bpshow and tweet using the hashtag watching bp. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all right. we got it. 33 minutes after the hour now. happy thursday, august 8th. as we do a little quick hopscotch over to the big stories of the day and take time out to take your comments by phone at 1-866-55-press. and we'll get back to the news of the day. first, here's something i urge you to consider and that is emergency link.com. emergencylink i.d. to put it in...
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be ready for us when we will get. back to some comments -- more comments about this nsa people saying that -- this proves we need nsa, and nsa is doing a good job, the closure of these 19 embassies if you buy that as a legitimate threat, and also some other news story today. but first, a whole lot of stories lately about continuing cases of identity theft, here is one out of iowa. an iowa woman has been charged with identity theft after using the indication of her ex-husband to open lines of credit and purchase merchandise online. that carries a prison term of up to five years. just one more case of how far identity thieves will go. you should be protected against identity theft as i am, with like lock ultimate. but it can't protect you or your bank account if you are not a member. so visit lifelike.com or give them a call at 1-800-356-5967 for like life ultimate, 1-800-356-5967. peter? >> we're taking commenting on twitter at bpshow, where jeff messer who we'll be talking to a little bit later on, he tweeted, he said
be ready for us when we will get. back to some comments -- more comments about this nsa people saying that -- this proves we need nsa, and nsa is doing a good job, the closure of these 19 embassies if you buy that as a legitimate threat, and also some other news story today. but first, a whole lot of stories lately about continuing cases of identity theft, here is one out of iowa. an iowa woman has been charged with identity theft after using the indication of her ex-husband to open lines of...
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can you use the rules or use your smarts? can you use what you have? in fact, wendy davis and some very, very smart house and senate democrats have tied rick perry and the republican lieutenant-governor david dewhurst in knots. this filibuster really humanityiated the lieutenant-governor who made a series of bungling mistakes and i say that not in a partisan way. even republicans recognize -- and he's drawn some republican opponents, some mistakes in the senate that allowed that to happen. >> bill: they lost control. totally lost control. >> there was also -- there were some other bills, either with transportation or other things that didn't make national news but were important in the legislative session and the democrats used the rules to stall, to delay, to raise questions, points of order, also -- and little luck. and delayed the whole process. frustrated rick perry. the result was that we had not only a regular legislative session that lasted almost six months, it took three special -- 30-day special sessions to do everything because although the
can you use the rules or use your smarts? can you use what you have? in fact, wendy davis and some very, very smart house and senate democrats have tied rick perry and the republican lieutenant-governor david dewhurst in knots. this filibuster really humanityiated the lieutenant-governor who made a series of bungling mistakes and i say that not in a partisan way. even republicans recognize -- and he's drawn some republican opponents, some mistakes in the senate that allowed that to happen....
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good to have you with us. and thank you for joining us. we look forward not only to bringing you up to date on the news of the day but, of course, hearing what it all means to you. by phone at 1-866-55-press. on twitter at bpshow and on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. team press here. everybody came in for the last day on current tv. peter ogborn and dan henning are here. >> hey, hey, hey. >> good morning. >> we thought about ducking out and not showing up. >> bill: get your face on television one last time. >> sure. >> bill: alichia cruz has the phones covered. cyprian bowlding here keeping us looking good on the video cams. we wanted to bring in the last day, some of our best guests, most intelligent guests and best friend, sabrina siddiqui among those numbers. she's a reporter for all political things, particularly on the congress for "huffington post." nice to see you. >> thank you for having me on your big day. >> bill: how about it. when you write your memoirs, you'll say i was on "full court press" -- >> when they burned the
good to have you with us. and thank you for joining us. we look forward not only to bringing you up to date on the news of the day but, of course, hearing what it all means to you. by phone at 1-866-55-press. on twitter at bpshow and on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. team press here. everybody came in for the last day on current tv. peter ogborn and dan henning are here. >> hey, hey, hey. >> good morning. >> we thought about ducking out and not showing up. >>...
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use. yes, you bet, i will be there. and we can expect questions to the president on edward snowden, on drones, on the nsa, on immigration reform, on syria, and why he is giving the medal of freedom to oprah winfrey. i think she deserves it but still get a question about that. in other news, georgia republicans say that they actually thing more highly of paula deen than of martin luther king jr. chuck todd and andrea mitchell condemn nbc's plan to do a mini series on hillary clinton. lots going on this friday morning. we'll tell you all about it right here. to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal, or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i'm given to doing anyway, by staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. i've worn lots of hats, but i've always kept this go
use. yes, you bet, i will be there. and we can expect questions to the president on edward snowden, on drones, on the nsa, on immigration reform, on syria, and why he is giving the medal of freedom to oprah winfrey. i think she deserves it but still get a question about that. in other news, georgia republicans say that they actually thing more highly of paula deen than of martin luther king jr. chuck todd and andrea mitchell condemn nbc's plan to do a mini series on hillary clinton. lots going...